(02-16-2019 10:54 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  Rice won in extras today.

Pitching seems good, offense and fielding not so good. Not much different than the Graham era but it’s two days.

Than the last 5 years of the Graham era*****

I’d be perfectly happy if we get our hitting and fielding back to level we had the rest of Wayne’s years.

Cincinnati 3, Florida Atlantic 5

Sweep.

Mississippi Southern 16-7 over Purdon't, bottom of 8th....on the verge of a sweep of the Big 10 "Burlermakers", who made the NCAA tourney last year...

Rice bats finally come alive today. They lead 13-0 over Rhode Island in the 7th. 3 homers on the day including 2 homers and 8 RBI by sophomore Trei Cruz. Pretty good day but his dad had a better one for Rice 24 years ago with 3 homers and 10 RBI in a game against Texas State.

ETA - his dad, not day. His dad is Jose Cruz Jr., who played in the majors for some time (but not as much as grandpa Jose Cruz)

(02-17-2019 02:55 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Rice bats finally come alive today. They lead 13-0 over Rhode Island in the 7th. 3 homers on the day including 2 homers and 8 RBI by sophomore Trei Cruz. Pretty good day but his day had a better one for Rice 24 years ago with 3 homers and 10 RBI in a game against Texas State.

until we meet you guys, the conference always needs a STRONG Rice unit at the plate...

kudos and

(02-17-2019 02:59 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(02-17-2019 02:55 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Rice bats finally come alive today. They lead 13-0 over Rhode Island in the 7th. 3 homers on the day including 2 homers and 8 RBI by sophomore Trei Cruz. Pretty good day but his day had a better one for Rice 24 years ago with 3 homers and 10 RBI in a game against Texas State.

until we meet you guys, the conference always needs a STRONG Rice unit at the plate...

kudos and

Yep...gettin' tired of steaming Rice

Rice wins 15-3. Cruz with another 3B and RBI so he had 2 triples, 2 homers and 9 RBI on the day.

Another non-quality start from Tech pitching, but another comeback. Up 3-0 early then down 8-4, Tech leads Southeastern 12-8 in the bottom of the 9th.

(02-17-2019 02:40 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  Mississippi Southern 16-7 over Purdon't, bottom of 8th....on the verge of a sweep of the Big 10 "Burlermakers", who made the NCAA tourney last year...

And USM tops 11k attendance on opening weekend

Friday- 3413
Saturday- 4078
Sunday- 3539

Total - 11,030 for an avg of 3676/game.

FINAL

Tech 12
Southeastern 8

Not too bad for opening weekend as CUSA goes 26-11

3-0 teams: Charlotte, FAU, La Tech, UAB, WKU, USM
2-1 teams: Rice, MTSU
1-2: FIU, UTSA, ODU
1-3: Marshall

(02-17-2019 05:59 PM)usm99 Wrote:  Not too bad for opening weekend as CUSA goes 26-11

3-0 teams: Charlotte, FAU, La Tech, UAB, WKU, USM
2-1 teams: Rice, MTSU
1-2: FIU, UTSA, ODU
1-3: Marshall

Would’ve liked a Rice sweep but a series win rarely hurts anyone. Our starting pitching was excellent even with our #2 starter Moss out on Saturday. Combined 17.1 IP - 27K. 0 R. Need to clean up the defense a little but that’s expected early in the season. If we hit like we did today we’ll be solid this season.

The opening weekend sweep for USM marks the 5th straight year we’ve swept our opponent to open the season as well as 6 straight times we’ve swept an opening series at home. The only time we didn’t was at a tournament at McNeese St.

2019 - swept Purdue
2018 - swept Mississippi St
2017 - swept Northeastern
2016 - swept Eastern Illinois
2015 - swept Murray St
2014 - road tourney (lost 2 of 3)
2013 - swept Missouri
2012 - Nicholls St (won 2 of 3)

clt says Charlotte needs the rest of the conference to pick it up

Charlotte's bats were a little rusty, but clutch enough to get the job done. Pitching seems a to be a little ahead of the bats right now, and the defense was very solid this weekend in the sweep. Excited to see how we build on this weekend. Big test at Clemson today.

Happy to see UAB start out with a sweep.

Does our conference know that baseball just had opening weekend this past weekend? Nothing on Twitter, Nothing on the official website. This is one of the sports that C-USA is historically very strong in. What gives?

Rice's Tre Cruz won CUSA Hitter of the Week. No clue who won Pitcher of the Week. It obviously was not one of the Rice trio of starters, though any one of them would have been a worthy candidate for the honor.

(02-18-2019 07:39 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Rice's Tre Cruz won CUSA Hitter of the Week. No clue who won Pitcher of the Week. It obviously was not one of the Rice trio of starters, though any one of them would have been a worthy candidate for the honor.

MT’s Zach Keenan